A Way of Life

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The Family Dogg also released the singles "Family Dog" / "The Storm" in 1967 (the latter is a song originally written by the Bee Gees in Australia) on the MGM label, and "Silly Grin" / "Couldn't Help It", and "Brown Eyed Girl" / "Let It Rain" in 1968; [4] on the Fontana label.

Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

This new 2-CD set offers for the first time the complete Family Dogg output, including rare solo ventures, between 1967 and 1976. The sleeve-notes boast an interview with Steve Rowland. The Family Dogg – Brown Eyed Girl / Let It Rain – Hansa – Germany – 14 129 AT". 45cat . Retrieved 23 July 2014. The Family Dogg were a British vocal group, noted for their harmony vocals. They are best known for their debut album, A Way of Life, and the subsequent single of the same name. In 1972, a new-look Family Dogg (with vocalist Ireen Sheer) returned on Buddah Records. By this time, Rowland was producing the then-unknown singer-songwriter Rodriguez (recently immortalised in the documentary film Sugar Man). As a result, Family Dogg recorded half a dozen Rodriguez songs during this period – including his exclusive composition ‘Advice To Smokey Robinson’.The debut album, A Way of Life, appeared in 1969, and was dominated by artful cover interpretations, despite Rowland and Hammond's talents as songwriters. After the album appeared, Doreen De Veuve and Pam "Zooey" Quinn both left the Family Dogg, with Christine Holmes and Ireen Scheer signing on in their places. By this time, Rowland and Hammond were spending more time working with other artists, writing and producing Oliver in Overworld for Freddie & the Dreamers and launching a solo career for Irene Scheer. In 1970, the group's name changed to Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg, and they scored a hit in the Netherlands with the song "Sympathy." By 1972, the band had essentially become Rowland's studio project, as reflected in the title of their second and final album, The View from Rowland's Head. The View included a handful of songs from Sixto Rodriguez, who years later would be the subject of the award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man; Rowland also produced Rodriguez's second album, 1971's Coming from Reality.